Bicycle package-carrier.



No. 672,495. Patented Apr. 23, mol.

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(Application filed Aug. 24, 1899.)

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Patented Apr. 23, |901.

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BICYCLE PACKAGE CARRIER.

(Application filed Aug. 24, 1899.)

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arr Wim' i CHARLES W. SMITH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BICYCLE PACKAGE-CARRIER SPECIFLCATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 672,495, dated April 28, 1901.

Application filed August 24, 1899. Serial No. 728.309. (N model.)

To all wwnt it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle Package-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

M v invention relates to improvements in devices for carrying packages on bicycles, the object beingl to produce a carrier of greatest possible strength and rigidity, least possible Weight, noiseless, of economical construction, and offering the least amount of atmospheric resistance.

The invention consists of means hereinafter fully described.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure I represents a side elevation of a bicycle with my improved package-carrier attached thereto. Fig. 1I represents a perspective View of said carrier detached from the bicycle. Fig. III represents a front view of the detached car rier. Figs. IV and V represent enlarged detail views of the end of the rear bicycle-fork, showing also that portion of the carrier attached thereto; and Fig. VI represents the carrier detached and covered by a waterproof hood or cover, a portion of the latter being broken away to disclose the carrier beneath.

My improved carrier consists of two parallel lateral sides a, constructed of open Wire or similar net work joined by a top portion l?, bottom portion c, and rear portion d, formed upon a continuous curve, preferably similar to that of a letter a, as shown in Fig. I, and a front inclined portion e, parallel or substantially parallel with the rear bicycle-fork. A hood or shield f is formed and projects within said carrier to receive the rear bicyclewheel and extends from the bottom of the receptacle to within a short distance of the top of the front portion e. The top and rear portions are also constructed of open wire or other net work, the top being provided with a suitable door g, which may be provided with a lock.

The lateral sides dare each provided with fa circumferential ange a', which projects outwardly from its respective side and prevents the latter from injury by contact.

The front portion e is provided with two apertures e e', each covered with wire or net work similar to that covering the top and rear portions of the carrier, and is further provided with glove-clasp fasteners e2, to which a waterproof hood or cover O may be secured, as shown in Fig. VI, similar fasteners being secured at the bottom and rear portion to secure the said hood at other points, as is necessary to properly secure same.

Traversing the inside of the receptacle in a transverse direction and secured tothe bottom thereof is a removable adjustable upright wall or stop h, extending one in each side of the hood, as shown in Fig. Il.

To the lower part of the front wall of the receptacle are secured two forks j, which are located one on each side of the hood or shieldf. The rear axle of the bicycle is provided, one on each side, with two lateral extensions la, Fig. V, each such extension being threaded to receive two nuts Z and m, between which each of said forks j is placed and secured. It is seen that by manipulating these nuts and adjusting the forksj the carrier may be adjusted laterallvi7 and the rear wheel hence adjusted laterally iu the hood. To the upper part of said front Wall is secured a clamp n, provided with rubber contact-pieces,by means of which the carrier may be secured at this point to the upper portion of the rear fork, as shown.

Owing to the fact that the carrier is formed with a substantially dat front portion which is parallel with the rear fork and that the bottom and top join or run into the front portion without the formation of angles, the rear being a curved connection of the top .and bottom, no angular recesses of any kind are formed therein in the line of movement of the wheel. This construction allows the principal weight to be carried close to the rear axle and be automatically held in such position regardless of the jolting action due to the IOO wheels motion. ',ny such movementhtendvedbythe shape and configuration of the bottom and its curved connection with the front and rear portions, and should there be under extraordinary1 circumstances a movement of this character the return movement would be without noise, dve., so that the particular shape, configuration, audcou-I struction shown each has its share in making the carrier light in weight, durable, and, above all, noiseless. The'open' and curved construction causes the device to offer the least amount of atmospheric resistance cornf patible with rigidity and strength. l The stop-walls h mak it possible to arrange the heavier packages to be carried'nearerthe center of support of the carrier, and hence cause the center of gravity ofr the loadedcar` rier to fall nearer the rear axle, whereby the stability of` thecombination is increased to thegreatest possible extent.y e y O ther modes of applying theprinciple of my invention may be employed instead of the ,one explained, change beingmade asregards `the mechanism herein disclosed, providedthe means coveredby any one of thefollowing claims be employed. N V

, l therefore particularly point out and' vdistinctly clflm as kmy invention--` 1. vThe hereindescr1bed rbicycle packagecarrier,.consisting of the recep'tacleh'aving the two parallel iat sides apljoined bythe curved top portion b, curved bottom portion c curved rear portion d forming one continuous `curved surface, andthe front portion e, the circumferential outwardly-projecting flange a, the inwardly-projecting head or shield f adapted to receive a portion of a bicycle-wheel, and means for removably and rigidly securing such receptacle to the rear of a bicycle.

2.' A bicycle package-carrier, composed of two at upright sides, a substantially fiat front portion and a top, bottom and rear portion formed upon a continuous curve, running into said front portion, said front portion provided with a central opening and a shield for receiving a bicycle-Wheel located in said opening, and extending into the re; ceptacle, and two"`u`pright adjustable'walls each extending'between'said shield landl the contiguous upright side of"said`receptacle,

fand means for securing the carrier to the rear of a bicycle, substantially as setforth.

3. lbic`ycle-carri`er consistingof the upright si'des a, the top, bottom'A and rearportions forued upon acontinuous'curve, the inclined front vportion @,aud provided with the centrally-located shield f andthe transverse walls h, the sides a; beingprov'lded with thelatemily-extendingr and circu nferential ii'au'ges at', 'substantially assetforth.

Sigued'byme this 22d'dayof' August, 1899.

I CHARLES: W. SMITH. "Attest:

v JAMES W. MOORE,

A. E. MERKEL 

